Spencer is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,539 people and two associated neighborhoods, Spencer is the 253rd largest community in Tennessee.Spencer is a blue-collar town, with 39.77% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Spencer is a town of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Spencer who work in healthcare suport services (10.82%), maintenance occupations (8.49%), and food service (6.49%). The overall crime rate in Spencer is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Spencer has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Spencer a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. As is often the case in a small town, Spencer doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The population of Spencer has a very low overall level of education: only 8.88% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in Spencer in 2022 was $24,206, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,824 for a family of four. However, Spencer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Spencer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Spencer residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Spencer include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Spencer is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Asian languages.
